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Local Anthem Health Care customer one of victims of massive ID theft
A 75-year-old LaPortean is apparently among the victims of the recent massive identification thefts from the computer files of Anthem Health Care. The woman told LaPorte Police that her nephew recently...
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Mary Jo Goers, 1929-2015
Mary Jo Goers, 85, of LaPorte, died peacefully Saturday, March 7, 2015, at Miller’s Health and Rehabilitation in LaPorte. She was born Aug. 23, 1929, in Stillwell, IN, to Paul Wayne and Joeva (Porter)...
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Lulu Davis, 1923-2015
Lulu A.O. Davis, 91, of LaPorte, died peacefully at 1:15 a.m. Friday, March 6, 2015, in her home. She was born Aug. 17, 1923, in Crofton, Nebraska, to Perry and Lulu (Krueger) Waggoner. Lulu loved to...
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Ready for a F-U-N C-H-A-L-L-E-N-G-E? Spell Bowl fundraiser is March 25
Read LaPorte County Inc. invites organizations, businesses and individuals interested in supporting local literacy programming to join in an evening of fun and challenges that you haven’t experienced...
View ArticleMoments in Time, March 11
Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library March 11, 1915 — A letter from a Michigan City dope fiend who suicided by shooting herself through the heart tells of her suffering for want of...
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The Rolling Prairians are coming! The Rolling Prairians are coming!
A late 1800s map of the village of Rolling Prairie. (Courtesy David Rumsey Map Collection) By Fern Eddy Schultz, La Porte County Historian In 1910, a tongue-in-cheek news article reported that La Porte...
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Erla Peterson, 1942-2015
Erla Bernice Peterson, 72, of Rolling Prairie, IN, died Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at IU Health LaPorte Hospital. She was born Dec. 26, 1942, in Peoria, IL, to Sturgis and Mary Erla (Cranmer) Johnston....
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Carol Peeples, 1935-2015
Carol Z. Peeples, 79, of LaPorte, died peacefully at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at Hamilton Grove in New Carlisle, IN. She was born Aug. 13, 1935, in LaPorte to Henry and Maude (Doliver)...
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1 child taken to hospital after car strikes LP school bus; police hold car’s...
LaPorte Fire Department Captain John Sullivan carries one of the younger children to an awaiting bus. The heavy front-end damage of the vehicle that struck the bus. One child was taken to the...
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Deadline is March 27 to apply for LP Hospital, Foundation and Auxiliary...
Since 1983, LaPorte Hospital, the LaPorte Hospital Foundation and the LaPorte Hospital Auxiliary have sponsored scholarships and awards/loans to students pursuing health care careers. Through the...
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UPDATE: Man arrested for OWI after accident that closed Pine Lake Avenue for...
Conaway A habitual traffic offender drove into a utility pole in the 800 block of Pine Lake Avenue Wednesday night, March 11, 2015, forcing closure of the northern stretch of the busy thoroughfare for...
View ArticleMoments in Time, March 12
Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library March 12, 1915 — Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, the richest lady in the land, dies rather suddenly in New York. March 12, 1965 — LaPorte can expect a...
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Rebecca “Becky” Roda, 1934-2015
Mrs. Rebecca “Becky” M. Roda, 80, of Rolling Prairie, IN, died Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Mishawaka, IN. She was born May 18, 1934, in Aiken, Minnesota, to...
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Anne Westerman and Thomas Kaminski are married
(Click on photo to enlarge) Anne Christine Westerman and Thomas William Kaminski were married Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014, at Sacred Heart Guadalupe Catholic Church in Kansas City, Missouri, by Fr....
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New Prairie High School Class of 1975 reunion planned; do you know where...
Organizers of the 40th-year reunion of New Prairie High School’s Class of 1975 need help in finding some graduates. The three-day reunion event will take place Aug. 28, 29 and 30. The schedule: Friday,...
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Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library March 13, 1915 — The LaPorte County Fruit Growers Association will have an all-day meeting at the schoolhouse at Waterford. The spraying of fruit...
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Betty Boerema, 1937-2015
Betty L. Boerema, 77, of Canton, OH, and formerly of LaPorte, died Wednesday, March 11, 2015. She was born June 29, 1937, in Bloomington, IN, to Albert G. and Dorothy Nadine (Cooper) Wilber. Betty...
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Walter Feare Jr., 1927-2015
Walter Feare Jr., 87, of LaPorte, died Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at Fountainview Terrace in LaPorte. He was born Aug. 20, 1927, in Grandville, MI, to Walter Ray and Eva Marie (Ackerman) Feare. Walter...
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Symphony’s March 22 concert will celebrate Bach, Bruckner and Brahms
Members of the Northwest Indiana Symphony Chorus. (Photo provided) Celebrate the coming of spring with glorious music on Sunday, March 22, as the LaPorte County Symphony Orchestra presents the IU...
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Ready for a F-U-N C-H-A-L-L-E-N-G-E? Spell Bowl fundraiser is March 25
Read LaPorte County Inc. invites organizations, businesses and individuals interested in supporting local literacy programming to join in an evening of fun and challenges that you haven’t experienced...
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